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SEAT FASTENER.

No. 317,985. Patented May 19, 1885i.

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'A UNITED STATES PATENT EErcE.

CHARLES COOK FORNCROOK, OF HERMITAGE, NEV YORK, ASSIGN OR OF ONE-HALF TOJOSEPH W. FORNCROOK, OF SAME PLACE.

SEAT- FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,985, dated May 19,1885.

Application filed March 2, 1885. (N o model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. FORN- CROOK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Hermitage, in the county of Wyoming and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Seat-Fasteners, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a carriage-seat lock; and it has for its objectto provide a device of this character which shall be cheap and simple inits construction, effective in its operation, strong and durable, andone that may be readily and easily operated.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the improvedconstruction and combinations of parts, hereinafter fully described,

and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of acarriage-body and seat, showing my improved lock applied thereto. Fig. 2is a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is a detail view of thelockingbail detached.

lIn the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the figures, A represents the siderail of a carriage or wagon, which is provided near its upper edge witha T-shaped strip, B.

C represents the seat portion, to the inner side or face of which issecured a plate, D, provided at its lower ends with ears or lugs ,E,Which are provided with holes or openings a.

F represents a bail,which is constructed of metal, and which has itsupper ends closed and bent outwardly to form a iingerpiece, b, so thatit may be easily operated. The lower end of the said bail F is somewhatwider than its upper end, and said lower end of the bail has bearing inthe holes or openings a, formed in the ears orlugs E. rIhe bail F,between the ears or lugs E, is formed with a crank, G, upon which issecured the upper end of a hook or catch, H, the lower end of which isadapted when the bail is lowered to engage the under side of theT-shaped strip B.

I represents a fiat spring, which is secured and bears against the hookor catch H just` below its point of connection with the crank G. Theoperation is as follows: The seat-rail fits upon the upper side of thestrip B, and the `iiange of the head of the same bears against the outerside of said rail. The hook or catch is then thrown into engagement withthe lower edge of the head of said strip and the bail raised and pushedagainst the plate D, which action raises the hook or catch and causes itto hold the rail of the wagon or carriage-seat firmly in position uponthe strip B, said hook or catch being held in place by the iiat spring.When it is desired to remove the seat, the bail is lowered by means ofthe finger-piece, which causes the hook or catch through the medium ofthe crank G to be lowered, so that it may be disengaged from the loweredge of the head of the strip B. The head of the said strip B is ofiron, and is secured to the body portion by screws or other fasteningmeans.

The seat-lock before described is simple in its construction, effectivein its operation, strong and durable, easily applied and operated, andmay be supplied at a comparatively slight cost. Having fully describedmy invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

The combination, with the seatpportion having a plate secured thereto,said plate having lugs at its lower ends provided with holes oropenings, of a cranked bail pivoted in said openings and carrying apivoted hook, said hook being adapted to engage a strip on the bodyportion, and a spring for holding said hook in engagement with saidstrip, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES COOK FORNCROOK.

Witnesses:

J AMEs BEIsroL, EDGAR BROWN.

